February 21, 2007

Last night we made some significant strides. We set a tentative date for shooting (March 10th and 11th) and if Michelle cannot get the office- I found the perfect place!! The clubhouse at my condo is perfect for the office, and we can still use my house for the in-house shots. I will be heading out to Madge-Elaine's on East Colonial Drive this weekend to ask about costumes for Alice, the Rabbit, and the Queen, and I think since it is so close to Easter (April 8th), we should be able to find a bunny suit without a big problem.

I have this idea where we can first shoot the bathroom scene in which she only sees the rabbit ears over the shower curtain (I checked the bathroom, and I believe we can find an angle where the camera will not show in the mirror), then we have the park setting (we can find a park or we can shoot it by the fountain at my condo.) Finally, we can have Alice open up the refrigerator, take out a bag of baby carrots and put them on the counter, then reach back into the refrigerator to get a bottle of ranch dressing, turn around... no carrots!! Cut to Alice's POV looking at the living room- there sits the rabbit with the bag of baby carrots... he looks at her and waves and continues to watch tv. No shame in his game.

I am going to try to find out licensing for Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" so that can be a part of our presentation. I would love it if the mother could say her last line and start up the car and they drive away to that song while the credits roll.

Michelle- If you can ask your friend if he would be willing to play the therapist that would be fantastic. Also, we have to come up with a list of props that we will need. So far, we have

Catarpillar
Applesauce
Pills
Pill crusher
Toothbrush
Bag of baby carrots
Ranch dressing
Red roses on kitchen table with one white rose
A POCKET WATCH (I have no clue where we're going to get one of those)
Tea set with tea cup
CD of Jefferson Airplane


Let's see if we can come up with some more subtle hints for placement throughout the set.

John, you will call the guys about the boom, right?


I love that we changed that line to "My mom's the fucking queen bitch." Sounds like something I'd say to my therapist.

Here are some photos so we all get the idea





and here's a picture of the fountain at my condo. I think it will work if we sit on the grass instead of a bench (there is no bench.)

February 14, 2007

Wednesday night we took a look at John's script (fantastic script, John... thank you so much!) and discussed what we planned to do with casting, location, and storyboard. I said I would write up a storyboard of what I had in mind for the project. Also, we decided that it would be best to have a therapist who looks like a therapist and not some 17 year old kid trying to play a therapist. It would be beneficial if he looked a bit like the Mad Hatter. As far as location, we're still looking.

Also, we recognized the fact that we need to get a schedule together and figure out when we'll be doing what.

So we're still up in the air but at least it's progress.

February 7, 2007

Last night, we took a look at all of the pitches and finalized who would be a part of our group. We have John Burt, Christian Coello, Michelle Klinglesmith, and myself, Susan Russo. Michelle's pitch consisted of a Access Hollywood/ Entertainment Tonight kind of show with an Elvis impersonator promoting a new diet book. My pitch was about a short film about Alice in Wonderland seeing a therapist because her parents gave her hallucinogenic drugs. Chris's pitch was a short film about a college kid who has dreams about killing his neighbor because the neighbor is always partying. John's two pitches were an info-mercial with a mafia guy taking off a couple's arms and legs when they go to purchase a house and a "foxhunt" kind of film where hunters are seeking an supposed illegal immigrant.

We decided that we would go with the "Alice In Wonderland" film, and figured out a way that we could make the film without actually revealing that it was Alice in Wonderland until the end of the film. We have all decided to give it some thought and scope out some possible locations, ideas and costumes.